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pdstevenson.bsky.social
Nuclear physicist and quantum computerer &c. J'habite le sarf of England
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“As pleasant as the journey” ? Quite the selling point

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"Blurred lines: Has OfS misunderstood freedom of speech?" wonkhe.com/blogs/blurre...

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"it is in general computationally hard to brutal forcely search the whole Hilbert space." Brutal forcely <3

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Thanks for the reminder @janemunday.bsky.social. Every summer, I repost this article DROWNING DOES NOT LOOK LIKE DROWNING. To date, I know of FOUR kids who were saved after someone who'd clicked on the link learnt how to spot actual drowning. Take time to read and pass on. slate.com/technology/2...

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Just rediscovered this long lost photograph of me at the sign to Aberllynfi

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In Guildford they recognise the harmful effects of toxic air by ... closing footpaths that are near the worst roads www.msn.com/en-gb/news/u...

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Interesting! @surreylib.bsky.social #surrey research on bsky

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bit dark for Viz

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Whistleblowing at Cambridge University is extremely dangerous Invoking the whistleblowing policy will be met with very harsh consequences www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/06...

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Pretty good card from child 1

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A paper on Einstein's eschewal of wearing socks in the context of American fashion culture link.springer.com/article/10.1...

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It can’t be 51 years since the release of the song that was #1 when I was born

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“Not all dads are lads …” so how about a Police Interceptor High Speed Experience for that gentler dad in your life this Fathers Day?

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Please sign to halt outsourcing plans 👇 University of Surrey proposes to employ all new Professional Services staff through a subsidiary company on lesser T&Cs. This is an existential threat to our university & sector. speakout.web.ucu.org.uk/operate-surr... @ucu.org.uk

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Just had a student at a conference tell me that I don't look much like my university profile picture. Yes, it is true. Time to update it!

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Wordle 1,454 1/6 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

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'Til I Die - Brian Wilson www.youtube.com/watch?v=46IQ...

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Still I dream of it blogoftheisotopes.blogspot.com/2025/06/rip-...

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Oh no

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I'm on a train in Germany, and the trains I am on are subject to delays, but I must say that the estimated late arrival and departure times are very accurate and being adhered to, which is something!

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It’s stag beetle season

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The anti-pigeon spikes here form the perfect substrate on which to anchor a nest. Pigeons one, Guildford Bus Station nil.

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Oooh, you mean it's OK to leave, realise it's a mistake, then rejoin? 😉

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Again impressed by my kids’ floordrobe

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Grandad, tell me again why these things are called "cards"

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It's a bit like when Cummings left government and turned on Johnson, except more Dallas and less Steptoe and Son style

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Argh forgot we can't buy train tickets at the station for work travel under new policy and am now out of pocket ☹️

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Important news: the Weston Library in Oxford (part of the Bodleian) has added a small baby play space. And they've called it the Toddleian.

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What are good examples of two different banging songs with the same name? Was thinking today of Heaven (Psychedelic Furs & Talking Heads). Must be lots of examples...

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Iron Maiden tour can go ahead

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Amazing how Dim Sum people are.

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New paper from @pdstevenson.bsky.social and summer project student Lara Tatli on equation solving with quantum computation mpcs.sci.am/index.php/mp...

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Me talking about the shape of the nucleus www.livescience.com/physics-math...

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The fact that someone as dishonest and hypocritical as Robert Jenrick was not long ago shamed out of public life is a damning indictment of the state of politics and media in the UK www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/robert-jen...

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Two of our students' PhD theses released on @surreylib.bsky.social's repository today: Isaac Hobday (doi.org/10.15126/the...) and Lance Li (doi.org/10.15126/the...) - both on different aspects of quantum computing for nuclear physics. Well done both!

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the need for the inclusion of the graphic is a sad reminder of the shockingly low literacy rate among geese

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Played War On Terror board game during half term. I got declared the Axis of Evil so had to put on the balaclava

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What odds on the 'I hardly know him' comment?

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